Improvement in coffins



J. M GARTHY. Goff-ins.

' No. 217,739. Patented July 22,1879.

MPEYERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFIGE.

JOHN MCCARTHY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217.739, dated July 22,1879; application filed May 23, 1879. v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J oHN MCCARTHY, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Removable Face-Glass Frames for Coffins,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for detachably securing the face-glassframe to the lid Of a coffinor burial-casket, so as to give access tothe head of the corpse for adjustment, 850., without necessitating theremoval of the entire lid.

The invention consists, essentially, in the combination of a face-glassframe mounted loose on the coffin-lid, and secured in its position byoverlapping brackets or plates attached to the coffin-lid, and embracingthe top end and sides of the face-glass frame, which improvement greatlyfacilitates the at tachment and removal of the face-glass frame, and issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and readilyapplied to most any coffin or casket lid.

It also consists in providing the aforesaid brackets or plates with alateral slot or elongated eye for its attaching-screw, whereby the sameis rendered adjustable in its position, and capable of being fitted toface-glass frames of various widths, all as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a plan view of a coffin-lid with the face-glass framesecured by my improved devices; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of same;Fig. 3, a plan view of the coffin-lid with the face-glass frame removed.Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views, respectively, of the faceglass frame andthe cover of same detached. Fig. 6 is a detached enlarged isometric viewof my improved device for securing the faceglass frame to thecoffin-lid.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the lid of a coffin or burialcasket, provided at the headthereof with the usual aperture to, to which the face glass is applied.This face-glass I set in a frame, 0, which I mount loose on the lid ofthe coffin, and secureit in its position by brackets or plates 0,attached to the lid of the coffin at the two bottom corners of theface-glass frame, and having an overhanging lip, 0 underneath which theedge of theface-glass frame and its cover are inserted.

At the side of the face-glass frame the oven hanginglip 0f the bracketis provided with a flange or shoulder, 0 which abuts againstand stayslaterally the face-glass frame.

To facilitate the fitting of the face-glass frame, and also to renderthe sameadjustable and capable of compensating for any shrinkage whichmay occur, the brackets c c are provided with a lateral slot, (1,through which the attaching-screw of same passes, so that by looseningthe said screw the bracket can be set up to and made to properly embracethe sides of the face-glass frame.

I do not claim, broadly, a face-glass frame detachably secured to thecoffin-lid by overlapping clasps and lateral stays, as I am aware thesame is not new.

What I do claim as my intention is 1. In combination with the frameb andcover b, the bracket 0, provided with the lip c and shoulder 0substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the frame I), the bracket 0, provided with lipc', flange c and slot d, substantially as described and shown, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iha've hereunto signed my name and affixed my sealin the presence of two attesting witnesses at Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, this 20th day of May, 1879.

JOHN MCCARTHY. 1. s.]

Witnesses G. BENDIXEN, E. LAASS.

